Wow. I’ve really neglected this. Sorry! Time for me to update you on the past 10 months…
First, the diet plan. The very good news here is that I’ve gone from a starting point of roughly 300lbs down to 245lbs, a loss of 55 in nearly a year. The progress is slower than I would ideally like, but the key word here is “progress,” which is a good thing. I seem to be in a pattern of holding steady for a couple weeks, then dropping a bit, then plateauing again, and so forth. I’ve learned not to scale-watch and just let my body do its thing on its own schedule. Meanwhile, I have a lot more energy just moving around the daily routine, and I’m spending money I’d rather keep on new clothes (down 4 inches in the waist, for example). People tell me they really notice the difference.
As for other doings…
In February, Andrew and I accompanied our mother down to Florida to visit with her sister (my Aunt Jan), who had invited us all there to celebrate my mom’s 80th (!!!) birthday. We had a wonderful time visiting with Jan, who lives at a “continuing care” senior living community in the Pompano Beach area. Jan’s son Marc (with his wife and two sons) live a few minutes away in Sea Ranch Lakes, just on the seaward side of the Intercoastal Waterway. A number of other relatives on my mom’s side of the family showed up (Florida is popular in February, it seems!), and we had a series of birthday parties, each with yet another cake (example pictured nearby).
As has become the tradition, Memorial Day weekend saw Andrew and I up in Willsboro to volunteer at Camp Poko’s Patch Sprint fundraiser benefiting the Adirondack Scholarship Foundation. John Rayburn aka Dr. Johnny ran the race with me and Andrew acting as support crew–he set a new personal record by quite a wide margin.
Andrew and I were again up in Willsboro at the end of June for a Friday-Monday super-long weekend. Our old family friend Marian Bradley was at Flat Rock Camp that week with a pile of family and friends–it was great to catch up with them. Because the camp was full to the bursting point, Cousin Peter was gracious enough to let us stay at the Garden Cottage, a small lakeside summer house about a five minute walk from Flat Rock itself. It’s a lovely spot, with two bedrooms and a screened-in porch overlooking the lake (see nearby photo).
Regrettably, schedules and bedroom availability meant that we didn’t get as much time in Willsboro as we’d have liked, but even a short amount of time is a blessing. I consider myself fortunate to have relatives and friends that make room for me up there.
So that essentially concludes the whirl-wind tour of What You Missed in my life since the previous posting. I promise I’ll be a bit more diligent. Really. Honest!
